Lego DACTA Learning Concepts
PITSCO Lego DACTA

 


Lego Mindstorms
This is a working set of notes.
Users should confirm all information on their own before making decisions about the applicability of these products to their needs.

Books on Lego Mindstorms:

  1. *Extreme Mindstorms: an Advanced Guide to Lego Mindstorms by Dave Baum (Editor), Michael Gasperi, Ralph Hempel, Luis Villa, David Baum
    List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $23.96 You Save: $5.99 (20%)
  2. *Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms by Benjamin Erwin
    List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $23.96 You Save: $5.99 (20%)
  3. *Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to LEGO Mindstorms (Technology In Action) by Dave Baum, Rodd Zurcher (Illustrator)
    List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $23.96 You Save: $5.99 (20%)
  4. *The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots by Jonathan B. Knudsen
    List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $19.96 You Save: $4.99 (20%)
  5. *Joe Nagata's Lego Mindstorms Idea Book by Joe Nagata
    List Price: $21.95 Our Price: $17.56 You Save: $4.39 (20%)
  6. Lego Mindstorms for Dummies (For Dummies) by Michael Meadhra, Peter J. Stouffer, Pete Stouffer
    List Price: $24.99 Our Price: $19.99 You Save: $5.00 (20%)
  7. Jin Sato's Lego Mindstorms : The Master's Technique by Jin Sato
    List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $19.96 You Save: $4.99 (20%)
Links from David Baum's EXTREME MINDSTORMS...
General Information
http://www.legomindstorms.com Official Lego Mindstorms site.
http://www.lugnet.com The Online Lego Community
http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics Internal Operation of the RCX, Development Tools, Sensors, etc.
NQC - Not Quite C
http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/nqc Homepage for NQC
http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/lego Homepage for RcxCC development environment for NQC
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/nqc/ Lugnet Area for the Discussion of NQC.
pbForth
http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbForth Homepage for pbForth
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/pbforth/ Lugnet Area for the Discussion of pbForth
http://www.forth.org General Forth Resources
http://www.forth.com A Commercial Site with a Nice History of Forth
ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/Literature/rtfv5.pdf A Shareware Book on Forth Details
LegOS
http://legOS.sourceforge.net Homepage for legOS
http://www.noga.de/legOS Markus Noga's Original legOS site.
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/legos/

Lugnet Area for the Discussion of legOS
Homebrew Sensors
http://www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/lego.htm Homebrew Sensors Homepage
Suppliers
http://www.pitsco-legodacta.com

Homepage for Pitsco Lego Dacta - Lego's Educational Products Line
http://www.radioshack.com Radio Shack, a good source for homebrew sensor parts.
http://www.mouser.com Mouser Electronics, a good source for homebrew sensor parts.
http://www.digikey.com Digi-Key, a good source for homebrew sensor parts.
http://www.jameco.com Jameco Electronics, a good source for homebrew sensor parts.

 

LEGO® MINDSTORMS™
http://mindstorms.lego.com/products/whatis/whatis.asp

LEGO and MIT.

Using a PC you design and program real robots that do what you want them to. - $150
Lego bricks can communicate with one another through Infrared ports.

LEGO Mindstorms for Schools

RoboLab for Schools

Lakeshore Learning Materials 2695 East Dominguez Street P.O. Box 6261 Carson, CA 90749 USA Tel. +1 800 421 5354 Fax. +1 310 537 5403 lakeshore@lakeshorelearning.com www.lakeshorelearning.com

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Vision Command - Camera and Software
http://mindstorms.lego.com//products/vision/visioncmd_legocam.asp

The LEGO Cam, a fully-functioning PC video camera which features: * USB connection (5 meter cord) * adjustable focus * built-in microphone * up to 30 frames per second * 352 x 288 high resolution color imaging - $150
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Robotics Discovery Set (this set is being discontinued)
http://mindstorms.lego.com/products/rds.html

Stand-alone programmable robotic bricks, sensors and actuators. - $100 (Fry's $50)

Scout Software Development Kit (SDK)
Scout Internals

 


Visual Programming Screen for the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™